"statistics" Posts
How to Compute the Point of No Return Boundaries
Hans Rosling and Ola Rosling: How Not to be Ignorant About the World

Great video about the ignorant of the general public. The problem goes much deeper than the Roslings suggested though as people in power to make decisions for the masses are as ignorant if not worse. In my opinion, the most important thing to take away from the video for traders is to understand that the […]
Steven J. Dubner: When to Rob a Bank
Michael Mauboussin: The Success Equation – Untangling Skill and Luck
Kevin Slavin: Debunking Luck
Emini S&P Afterhours Behaviour Part 5 – Time of Day Statistics

When we look at Emini afterhours trading activities, it is important to remember that the US stock markets is not active during that time. Hence Emini S&P500 moves mainly as a proxy with the active markets trading in the world at the time. Emini S&P and its close relatives like Emini Nasdaq 100 become instruments […]
5 Similarities Between Profitable Day Traders And Professional Poker Players

I was having fun talking to an old friend who has been playing poker professionally for many years. He is one of those players who consistently making money from playing in poker halls and tournaments but seldom show up in the final tables. During our conversation, he raised the issues of player statistics and how […]
Tobias Preis: Can Google Predict The Stock Market?
Survival Guide To Trading The Stock Market Month Ends

End of month trading is different from other trading days because several classes of market participants would join the game during this time. Long side only funds often make adjustments to their portfolios during the last three to five trading days of a month. Long term investors also review the performance of their portfolios around […]